Highway 144 reopened after serious crash

Protest to make Highway 144 safer Area residents protested at Highway 144 and Marina Road in Greater Sudbury on Wednesday night asking for change. Alana Pickrell reports.

Highway 144 has reopened after a serious crash involving a single commercial vehicle Tuesday morning.

The road was closed from Gogama to the Highway 101 junction in Timmins all day, reopening just before 9 p.m.

Highway 144 is closed after a serious crash Highway 144 between the Watershed and Highway 101 in Timmins is closed after a serious crash. April 25/23 (511 Ontario)

The road was closed in both directions around 10:15 a.m., 511 Ontario said.

Officers from the South Porcupine detachment are at the scene along with firefighters and paramedics, OPP Const. Michelle Simard told CTV News in a phone interview.

Injuries have been sustained in the crash, however, the severity is unknown, Simard said.

It happened just north of the Highway 560 junction

No word on the cause of the crash.

OPP said a 50-year-old resident from the Greater Sudbury community of Whitefish was killed in the collision.

#SouthPorcOPP is at the scene of a serious collision on #Hwy144 north of the #Hwy560 (Watershed). The highway is closed between Hwy 101/144 Junction and #Hwy560. ^ms pic.twitter.com/gTTvHXBdtx

— OPP North East Region (@OPP_NER) April 25, 2023

Another northeastern Ontario road has reopened Tuesday morning south of Sudbury after some flooding. Highway 69/400 was closed between Key River and Parry Sound for more than 12 hours overnight.